After School Activities for Fall 2009

Soundview’s After School Activities offer a wide variety of opportunities to engage and challenge young minds and bodies. From chess and theatre, to Chinese and art, after school is the place to be! Classes start the week of September 14th and end the week of November 16th.

These classes are open to everyone. A $30 registration is required for those not currently enrolled in Soundview School. Classes will not be held when there is no school or on half-days.

Registration
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Beginning Chess (Mondays)

Grades:  K-8th
Number of Students:  4 Minimum, 12 Maximum
Day(s) & Time:  Monday, 3:45-4:45 pm
Room:  3rd Grade Classroom
Teacher:  Mrs. Carolyn Guldberg
Mrs. Guldberg is intrigued by puzzles of all kinds. Whether figuring out how to answer a logic problem or where to go next in a story, Mrs. Guldberg loves nothing more than showing her students how to solve problems and puzzles. As a tutor with the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus, Mrs. Guldberg spent a lot of time with puzzles and mysterious things. She also learned how to juggle, a skill she enjoys sharing with students. She received her B.A. in Writing from Johns Hopkins University and an M.A.T. from Tufts University. She holds elementary teaching certificates in both Massachusetts and Washington.
Registration Cost:  $120
Additional Costs:  Tournament fees (if any) and T-shirts (optional)

This club is for students interested in learning how to play chess. We will start with the basics: setting up the board, how the pieces move, chess puzzles, historical context, simple strategies, sportsmanship and game playing etiquette. We will have chess lessons, chess quizzes, chess games and chess puzzles for Soundview kids. They will primarily play chess against each other, but also occasionally against the computer, and against the Teacher.

Chess is an exercise of infinite possibilities for the mind, one which develops mental abilities used throughout life: concentration, critical thinking, abstract reasoning, problem solving, pattern recognition, strategic planning, creativity, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation, to name a few. Chess can be used very effectively as a tool to teach problem solving and abstract reasoning. Learning how to solve a problem is more important than learning the solution to any particular problem. Through chess, we learn how to analyze a situation by focusing on important factors and by eliminating distractions. We learn to devise creative solutions and put a plan into action. Chess works because it is self-motivating. The game has fascinated humans for almost 2000 years, and the goals of attack and defense, culminating in checkmate, inspire us to dig deep into our mental reserves.

Private Trumpet Lessons (Mondays)

Grades:  5th-8th
Day(s) & Time:  Monday, 3:45-5:15 pm, 30 minute lessons
Room:  MPR
Teacher:  Mr. Ed Castro
Dr. Castro’s education formally started at the Manhattan School of Music (Bachelor of Music), Yale University School of Music (Master of Music) and at the University of Washington (Doctor of Musical Arts) in trumpet performance. In addition to teaching, Dr. Castro has an active professional life as a performer and frequently plays with local orchestras and ensembles. He also regularly arranges music for the groups with which he plays. Dr. Castro has been a trumpet and brass instrumental coach for bands and orchestral ensembles for several Puget Sound area schools and organizations.
Registration Cost:  $120
Additional Costs:  Books and materials fees may apply - see instructor for details

Take advantage of private trumpet lessons with a professional musician. You will be working on technique and solo repertoire each week.

Skateboard/Unicycle (Mondays & Fridays)

Grades:  4th-8th
Number of Students:  4 Minimum, 20 Maximum
Day(s) & Time:  Tuesday & Friday, 3:45-4:45 pm, Through December 14th
Room:  Middle School Lot
Teacher:  Mr. Tim Cole
Tim Cole is Soundview's Athletic Director, PE Teacher, and Summer Programs Director. He is very active with our students, constantly teaching them new athletic skills in and outside of class. During the summer Mr. Cole heads our summer programs, creating a fun environment for students where they can both play and learn.
Registration Cost:  $120

This after-school activity is for anyone in 4th – 8th grade who wants to develop their skateboarding, unicycle riding and/or balancing skills. Beginners are encouraged to participate as small group instruction will be provided. We will be using Soundview School’s awesome skateboard ramps and take a trip to a skateboard park.

*Required to participate: Helmet (skateboard style). *We have a large selection of elbow/knee pads and wrist guards which participants may borrow, but their own pads will fit better.

Theatre (Tuesdays & Thursdays)

Grades:  5th-8th
Number of Students:  6 Minimum, 16 Maximum
Day(s) & Time:  Tuesday & Thursday, 3:45-4:45 pm
Room:  PAC
Teacher:  Ms. Ann Marie Caldwell
Ann Marie Caldwell teaches and directs students in kindergarten through eighth grade at Soundview School. As a professional teaching artist, she has taught drama to preschool through high school students at Seattle Children's Theatre and Youth Theatre Northwest. Ann Marie received her training from University of Puget Sound, Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts, and from the Seattle Children's Theatre School-Year Apprentice Program. She also is a scenic designer for several theatre companies including Annex Theatre Macha Monkey Productions, and Ghostlight Theatricals.
Registration Cost:  $120

Develop your vocal, physical, and ensemble drama skills! From improv exercises to dress rehearsal, you'll be perusing objectives, overcoming obstacles, and creating interesting characters. Gain a working knowledge of basic acting theory and terminology while thinking on your feet. At the end of the first semester there will be a performance of the acting skills learned.

Computer Programming with Scratch (Tuesdays)

Grades:  5th-8th
Number of Students:  4 Minimum, 10 Maximum
Day(s) & Time:  Tuesday, 3:45-4:45pm
Room:  Computer Lab
Teacher:  Alan Piercy
Alan Piercy is a software engineer who has taught computer programming at Soundview for many years. His interest is in teaching students how to appreciate and approach problems with a computer scientist mindset.
Registration Cost:  $120

This class is a great introduction to the world of developing software using the Scratch programming environment from MIT. Scratch is an easy, kid-friendly tool for developing games and simulations, and serves as a nice stepping stone to the world of computer science. The class will encourage and provide guidance in a self-pacing environment that can be continued outside of class.

Theatre (Wednesdays)

Grades:  Pre-Jr. K
Number of Students:  4 Minimum, 10 Maximum
Day(s) & Time:  Wednesday, 3:45-4:45 pm
Room:  Drama Room
Teacher:  Ann Marie Caldwell
Ann Marie Caldwell teaches and directs students in kindergarten through eighth grade at Soundview School. As a professional teaching artist, she has taught drama to preschool through high school students at Seattle Children's Theatre and Youth Theatre Northwest. Ann Marie received her training from University of Puget Sound, Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts, and from the Seattle Children's Theatre School-Year Apprentice Program. She also is a scenic designer for several theatre companies including Annex Theatre Macha Monkey Productions, and Ghostlight Theatricals.
Registration Cost:  $120

Imagine becoming part of the story! In an interactive dramatic adventure, explore the conflicts, characters, and environments of exciting picture books. Use your voice, body, and imagination to build acting skills. Express yourself, work together as a team, and save the world!

Percussion Ensemble (Wednesdays)

Grades:  5th-8th
Number of Students:  3 Minumum, 10 Maximum
Day(s) & Time:  Wednesday, 3:45-4:45 pm
Room:  MPR
Teacher:  Laura Higgins & Ed Castro
Mrs. Higgins did her undergraduate work in Music Education at Northern Arizona University, and her graduate studies in Instrumental Conducting at Long Beach State University. Her student ensembles have consistently earned the highest ratings in small ensemble festivals, including several middle school percussion ensembles.
Dr. Castro’s education formally started at the Manhattan School of Music (Bachelor of Music), Yale University School of Music (Master of Music) and at the University of Washington (Doctor of Musical Arts) in trumpet performance. In addition to teaching, Dr. Castro has an active professional life as a performer and frequently plays with local orchestras and ensembles. He also regularly arranges music for the groups with which he plays. Dr. Castro has been a trumpet and brass instrumental coach for bands and orchestral ensembles for several Puget Sound area schools and organizations.
Registration Cost:  $120

In addition to building musical skills on drums, cymbals, and keyboard percussion instruments, students in this class will learn the terminology and appropriate techniques for dozens of instruments in the vast group known as “accessory percussion”. This ensemble will contribute the percussion parts for the Soundview Bands and Soundview Community Youth Orchestra, as well as develop unique and exciting pieces written specifically for percussion ensemble performance. Students who currently study wind and string instruments are encouraged to participate, as well as new and experienced percussion students.

I Can Speak Chinese! (Thursdays)

Grades:  K-4th
Number of Students:  10 Maximum
Day(s) & Time:  Thursday, 3:45-4:45 pm
Room:  Art Studio
Teacher:  Li-Ting Hung
Three years of teaching experience in Chinese; Native Mandarin Chinese speaker; Chinese-English translator, Victoria Academy, TW
Registration Cost:  $120
Additional Costs:  snacks for the class to share, textbook fees

Are you interested in Chinese culture? Have you ever imagined being able to speak Mandarin Chinese, and to write Chinese Calligraphy? This class is designed for beginning and intermediate Chinese speaking and writing. Through games, songs, story, art, and role play, students will learn to speak practical everyday conversational Chinese. Learn to write basic Chinese characters including your own name, and the fundamentals of listening, reading, and writing a form of Chinese phonics called Pin-Yin. Themes include social greetings, family, food, hobbies, school, and friendship. This is a mixed level class. Returning students will learn to speak Mandarin more independently, and practice sentence structure in the form of questions. Level II students will have the opportunity to review and practice their Chinese with Level I students. . Mandarin Chinese is the world’s most spoken language. It is never too late to learn a new language, so start today!

Intermediate Chess (Thursdays)

Grades:  K-8th
Number of Students:  4 Minimum, 30 Maximum
Day(s) & Time:  Thursday, 3:45-4:45 pm
Room:  Science Room
Teacher:  Mr. Fred Kleist & Mr. Thomas
Mr. Kleist was the Assistant Editor with Inside Chess magazine for six years and has been the editor of Northwest Chess magazine for the past six years. During that time, he has also been the primary or chief assistant Tournament Director for the Washington Chess Federation as well as Chief TD for the Seattle Chess Club. In addition, for the past eight years, he has been a chess coach with Chessmates, a non-profit organization that provides coaches for after-school clubs in schools in the Seattle area. Other experience includes private coaching with Stella Scola MS and he was a past coach at Garfield High School. Mr. Kleist is an active tournament player with a current rating of ~1970.
Mr. Thomas received his BS in atmospheric science and has studied marine science and geology at the University of Miami Florida. He's originally from Colorado, but lived a few years in other parts of the world including Nanjing and Beijing China, Tokyo Japan, Scotland, and 11 months aboard different ships and research vessels. He is working on his masters of education at Seattle Pacific University and plans to follow that with a masters in Geology in the next few years. Mr. Thomas has most recently been employed as a science and math teacher for an Archdiocese middle school in Denver. He's also worked as an SAT math preparation counselor and has extensive experience working with kindergarten through second grade on developing reading skills. Mr. Thomas and his brothers started and run a video production company and he is a trained Scuba Divemaster and student instructor.
Registration Cost:  $120
Additional Costs:  See instructor for details.

We will have chess lessons, chess quizzes, chess games and chess puzzles for Soundview kids. They will primarily play chess against each other, but also occasionally against the computer, and against the Teacher.

Quiz Bowl (Fridays)

Grades:  5th-8th
Number of Students:  2 Minimum
Day(s) & Time:  Friday, 3:45-4:45 pm
Room:  Math Room
Teacher:  Robbee Tonubbee
Ms. Tonubbee grew up in a small town in Southeastern Oklahoma. She attended Bryn Mawr College and received a B.A. in Mathematics before going on to Southeastern Oklahoma State University to obtain a M.Ed in Secondary Mathematics. After six years teaching middle and high school math in Oklahoma – and serving as a foster parent to more than fifteen children – she decided to explore education outside the U.S., moving to the Bahamas to teach at a private school. Her love for Math has led her to tutor students in all Math subjects as well as the ACT, SAT, SSAT, and the BJCE (Bahamas Junior Certification Exams). She is delighted to be back in the States and in the Pacific Northwest.
Registration Cost:  $120

The Quiz Bowl team consists of middle school students who compete in academic tournaments with other groups from around the area. Quiz Bowl is an academic competition that tests knowledge of history, art, literature, languages, mathematics, hard science, music, and other fields of study. If you enjoy Jeopardy or playing Trivial Pursuit, you would probably enjoy playing on the team.

Soundview Community Youth Orchestra (Fridays)

Grades:  4th-8th (experienced younger students by approval)
Number of Students:  3 Minimum, 100 Maximum
Day(s) & Time:  Friday, 3:45-5:00 pm
Room:  PAC
Teacher:  Laura Higgins
Mrs. Higgins did her undergraduate work in Music Education at Northern Arizona University, and her graduate studies in Instrumental Conducting at Long Beach State University. She has many years of directing experience with student orchestras ranging from 4th-grade through retired adult in public school, private school, college, church, and community settings.
Registration Cost:  $25 (or $30 for non-soundview student)
Additional Costs:  Students are encouraged to buy their own copy of Essential Elements 2000 for their instrument. All other music materials provided. Student to provide own instrument.

The Soundview Community Youth Orchestra is the place to build skills and create musical art on violin, viola, cello, and double bass. Our rehearsals develop playing technique, teach ensemble music making, and challenge the students with practice in sight reading, as well as prepare pieces for performances several times per school year. Orchestra students have fun making music while learning from an encouraging and patient instructor.

Hands in Clay (Fridays)

Grades:  1st-6th
Number of Students:  15 Maximum
Day(s) & Time:  Friday, 3:45-4:45 pm
Room:  Art Studio
Teacher:  Li-Ting Hung
Ms. Hung has an MS Architecture from the University of Cincinnati, OH. She also holds the following awards: 3rd Place Awards, Sculpture Category, Edmonds Arts Festival, 2005; Juried Selected, Sculpture Category, Edmonds Arts Festival, 2008; Exhibitions: Seattle, Everett, Edmonds and Chicago. To see some of her work and learn more, visit: http://tingering.com
Registration Cost:  $120
Additional Costs:  $25/student for Materials

Dig into kid friendly artist’s clay- squeeze, coil, slab, cut and sculpt as you create sculpture that expresses your thoughts and feelings. Students will use different types of clay including water-base clay, air dry and polymer clay to model and sculpt. Some examples of projects we will create together are colorful beads, mosaic art plates, animal totems and several functional house ware items. We will also explore ways to create various clay surface textures. Beginner and Intermediate levels welcome.